Hello, what lancets are used with this lancing device? Can you give me specific brands and sizes for the least painful pricks?
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Hello...I personally use Unilet ComforTouch 30g lancets. These lancets have been the best ones I've found yet. Only one guys opinion of course. Hope this helps.
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One brand of lancet that does NOT work with this lancing device would be B-d Ultra-Fine II Lancets (by Becton-Dickinson). Those have a circular collar designed to help pull the used lancet out of the socket in the lancing device. However, in this "Easy-Touch" lancing device, those collars cause the lancet to get stuck in the removable tip, so the spent lancet is not in the socket. I have to use a toothpick through the hole in the top of the unscrewed tip to push the used lancet out. Very annoying.
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I'm using ReliOn 33g ultra-thin lancets. The stick isn't bad and the price point is good.
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I tested it with Arriva and ReliOn lancets, though I think any standard lancets should work just fine. As for sizes, you'll want no thicker than 30 gauge (32 gauge is thinner, but can bend easier while 26 gauge is thicker and more painful). For getting less painful pricks, aim for the sides of the fingertips and not the front of the fingertip itself (that is where all the nerve endings are). Some devices support alternate site testing, but your most accurate reading will always come from the blood in your fingertips first.
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My lancet device came with my meter (one touch ultra) and the one touch ultra lancets fit that device. I am sorry I can not help you further.
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it works well with one touch ultra soft lancets that's what i use they work well and the easytouch are great to use not to much pain and great blood flow!!
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Hello Martha, The Lancets fit into the blood extraction tool, they are the sharp point that is replaced periodically for protection against infection. You will need a Blood Glucose meter, Test strips (disposable) and Lancets (sharp pointy end for drawing blood). I suggest looking at the cost of the test strips comparatively because some are more expensive than others and that is what you will continue to purchase. If you test 3 times a day (or more in the beginning) that can be $3 to $1.50 per day depending on the strips. I like the contour USB because is creates reports and is cheaper on test strips. GOD BLESS! Hello Martha, The Lancets fit into the blood extraction tool, they are the sharp point that is replaced periodically for protection against infection. You will need a Blood Glucose meter, Test strips (disposable) and Lancets (sharp pointy end for drawing blood). I suggest looking at the cost of the test strips comparatively because some are more expensive than others and that is what you will continue to purchase. If you test 3 times a day (or more in the beginning) that can be $3 to $1.50 per day depending on the strips. I like the contour USB because is creates reports and is cheaper on... » Read More Hello Martha, The Lancets fit into the blood extraction tool, they are the sharp point that is replaced periodically for protection against infection. You will need a Blood Glucose meter, Test strips (disposable) and Lancets (sharp pointy end for drawing blood). I suggest looking at the cost of the test strips comparatively because some are more expensive than others and that is what you will continue to purchase. If you test 3 times a day (or more in the beginning) that can be $3 to $1.50 per day depending on the strips. I like the contour USB because is creates reports and is cheaper on test strips. GOD BLESS! « Show Less
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Meter gives a quick reading with a small blood sample. It is the lancet you use that causes pain.
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There is only one and I highly suggest you get a lancet from a friend who is a diabetic cause the one that comes with it is crap.
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The One Touch Ultra MINI is a diabetic meter that uses One Touch Ultra strips. These are lancets to be input into a lancing device. Which lancing device are you using? These are a universal fit but can only be used in a universal fit lancing device. Hope this helps!
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Also included in the kit should be the lancing device, into which you insert the lancet. This pierces the skin. A small drop of blood comes to the skin and then you gently touch it with the test strip, which you have already placed in the strip meter. Your count will show up on the strip meter within a few seconds.
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Yes. Pharmacist Choice Pull Top 28g Lancets will fit and they are sold on Amazon. The lancets with the cap that can be put back on after use are the best because they help avoid accidental sticks. But the 25 or 28 gauge is huge! Try something smaller. If this is for blood-testing on a human, you won't be disappointed with the BD 33 gauge. If it is for something other than human blood tests, I can't help you too much.
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Short answer: Buy more test strips and lancets right away. It came with 10 test strips and a lancet device that has worked very well for me. The lancets in the device can and should be swapped out. It comes with a very small number that won't get you far--I think 10. You need a new test strip each time and the instructions say to change your lancet every time also (the disposable/replaceble needle inside). I don't do that and I haven't met anyone who does but it is what they recommend. I try to change out my lancet after maybe... 20 or so pokes (?) and I NEVER let anyone else use my lancet. That's common sense. But I wouldn't suggest other people defy their instructions and the instructions DO say to change it every single time which I did for a while before I became lazy and irresponsible. I guess I can't sue them if I get an infection.
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It looks like it. I bought the Easy touch Twist lancet and they fit and they look similar in design to what you're looking at. Hope that helps :)
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I'm sorry that I do not know the names of the lancets. I consider the lancets to be either "plain" or "specific to a certain device." This one uses the plain lancets. I THINK the Softclix ones are also "plain."
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It depends on what lancing device you use. My last One Touch meter came without a lancing device. In general, lancets are pretty generic. I personally like the one-touch branded lancets (LifeScan) because the needle protector is like a cup or cap that fits right over the lancing needle, instead of a disk like some of the lancets. (If you order test strips some sellers will give you lancing needles, but they always seem to be the ones with the disks on the needle.) I remove the old lancet and put the new lancet in the device and remove the cap and put it on the old lancet and dispose of it in my sharps container. (I only change twice a week or if I let someone else use my lancing device.) I don't cap the lancet while it's in the device. I don't feel changing it every poke is worth the time and only a couple of times a year does my finger hurt and it's more likely where on the finger I poke it or if I didn't clean my finger enough first, rather than infections on the needle (except if I poke a not-well-cleaned finger and the next one transmits from the dirty finger to an otherwise clean finger and infects it.
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It takes Accu-Chek Softclix Lancets. That's the only problem with these lancets. Otherwise they are comfortable, easy to use and covered by most insurance companies. A word of advice: SAVE THE PART OF THE BOX WITH THE NAME ON IT IN YOUR DIABETES KIT.
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You can buy a Relion Glucometer that has a lancet device very cheaply. The lancets for Relion are the cheapest I have found. They work with many meters also. I use mine with a Bayer Contour and Contour Next. I just switched to a new meter-Freestyle freedom lite. Because of my insurance. It uses less blood. The lancets from Relion work with this device as well.
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These work with a different type of lancet device. They aren't the "normal" size of lancets, but they are worth the cost of the new device since they don't poke as hard. I test 5 or 6 times a day, so regular lancets make my fingers very sore. This is the device you will need: OneTouch Delica Lancing Device
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They don't. You need a medium-size drop of blood, drawn up by capillary action (rather than deposited on the strip like on the first One Touch). Any lancet device I've seen except the Delica (comes with the Verio meter) will work fine. I favor the Freestyle lancet device as it's stubby for storage, and easier to use than many, but you probably already have a lancet device that's perfectly adequate.